What's On

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Exhibitions

Last chance to see
National Museum Cardiff
18 May 2019 – 2 March 2025

Events and Talks

Exhibition: Lily’s Fossil Footprint

Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Cuppa and a Paper

Wednesdays- fortnightly
12pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Antiques Roadshow

20 July 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking Essential
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Exhibition: Wales is… talking about empire

From 4 May 2024
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Visit The Vulcan Hotel

Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: ARTIFEX Become a Roman Craftmaster!

During local school holidays and weekends.
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Making Waves – RNLI Cymru 200

22 June 2024 – 1 June 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Family Museum Trail

16 August 2024 – 16 August 2025
Suitability: Families
Cost: 50p
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Event: Little Lambs

15 July, 14 October & 2 December 2025
10.15am-12.15pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Exhibition: Ffoto Cymru: In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson) by Holly Davey

Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is...our home

12 November 2024 – 12 November 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Audio Described Tours: at the National Roman Legion Museum.

Available Wednesday to Friday, please contact us in advance to arrange a booking
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: Caffi MINE - Big Pit’s Dementia Supportive Group

17 February, 31 March, 12 May & 23 June 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: GRAFT Garden - Volunteering Fridays

Every Friday
10-3
Suitability: Everyone welcome
Cost: Free
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Event: Grŵp GLO - Big Pit’s Intergenerational Group

29 January, 12 March, 4 June & 16 July 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Several Stages of Purification

17 February–31 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: One Stop Info Shop

2 June, 7 July, 8 September, 3 November & 1 December 2025
11am - 1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Gwaith Merched

8 March–7 September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Underground Tours

10 March, 7 April, 12 May, 16 June & 8 September 2025
1.30pm-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Quiet Hour at the Museum

4 May 2025
3-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Welsh Wool, Slavery and Identity

1 April–1 September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Crafty Legs Craft Fair at National Museum Cardiff

13 April, 11 May & 8 June 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Calico Dress Cymru - Make your statement...in Stitches! 

11, 31 May, 7 & 15 June 2025
10.30am and 2pm
Suitability: Age 16+
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Calico Dress Cymru

13 April–20 June 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: A Frontier in Depth

16 April–1 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Honeybees

24 July 2025
1pm - 3.30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

Fully booked
1–31 May 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
2–23 May 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Carmarthen School of Art @ the Wool Museum

3 May 2025
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Traditional Fairground

3–5 May 2025
Suitability: Age 2-11
Cost: From £1
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

3–5 May 2025
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Behind the Scenes: The History of Welsh Currency

6 May 2025
2pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £8
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Event: Museum Little Mice

9 May 2025
10.15am - 12.00pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: St Fagans Sketching Group

9 May, 13 June, 11 July, 8 August & 12 September 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability: 16+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
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Event: Waterfront Vintage and Makers Market

10 & 11 May 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Exhibition: Ceredigion Weavers, Spinners and Dyers: 50 years and still going strong!

13–17 May 2025
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia friendly art activity: Explore Roman artefacts through clay

16 May 2025
1:30pm-4:30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Step Into Welsh Through Play, Movement and Stories

16 May, 20 June & 18 July 2025
10.30am - 1pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Museum Corner @ Swansea PRIDE

17 May 2025
12 - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Family Pride

18 May 2025
12 - 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Calico Dress Cymru - Family Workshops

18 May 2025
10.30am and 2pm
Suitability: Age 10+ accompanied by a participating adult.
Cost: Free
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Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff

22 May 2025
13:00
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: GRAFT Garden Supper

23 May 2025
6.30pm - 9.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Tickets available soon - £26 - Standard, £18 - Accessible
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Exhibition: John Akomfrah’s Listening All Night to the Rain

24 May–7 September 2025
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon

24 May–9 November 2025
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Gods, Heroes, & Monsters: Become a Hero!

26–31 May 2025
10.30am, 11.30am, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £3/child
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Event: Dinomania at National Museum Cardiff

28 May–1 June 2025
11am – 12.30pm | 1.30pm – 3pm
Suitability: Families. 3+
Cost: EARLY BIRD: £12.50 | GENERAL ADMISSION: £15
Booking: Sessions with BSL: 11am 31 May & 1 June
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Event: Fun Craft with Menter Gorllewin Sir Gâr

29 May 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability: Pre-School/ Primary
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Drawing on History

29 May 2025
1pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Dance Days

31 May & 1 June 2025
11am - 6pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Flower-making

5 June 2025
1:30 – 4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Talk: Curator Tour: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon

5 June 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

5–26 June 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
6–27 June 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Introduction to Mosaics

7 June 2025
10:00am - 4:30pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £90 | £75 Concession
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Event: Gŵyl Tawe

7 June 2025
11am - 9pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Behind the Scenes: Some Recent Prehistoric Treasure Finds from Wales

10 June 2025
2pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £8
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Event: Storytime with Babis Bach Babies

13 June 2025
10.30am – 11.15am | 11.45am – 12.30pm | 1pm – 1.45pm
Suitability: 0-5 years
Cost: £12.50
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Talk: Artist Talk: Holly Davey in conversation with Bronwen Colquhoun and Adam Webster

19 June 2025
1pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Big Pit's Big Bash

21 June 2025
10:00am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Gallery tour and drumming session

26 June 2025
1 – 3:30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Festivals & Feasts

26 June & 10 October 2025
11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Wool weaving and walking

3 July 2025
1-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Talk: An Evening with a Druid

3 July 2025
7pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
3–24 July 2025
9.30pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

4–25 July 2025
9.30pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Botanical Illustration - National Museum Cardiff

12 July 2025
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
1–28 August 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Sunken treasures: a sea shell collector’s dream

5 August 2025
11am
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Event: Art after dark: Museum paint along experience

21 August 2025
7pm - 10.30pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £28
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Event: Painting party: Family paint along

21 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £13 per person
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

4–25 September 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Dementia friendly art activity: Explore Roman patterns through mosaic making

12 September 2025
1:30-4:30pm⁠
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

9–24 October 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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